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Mon, 29.11.04

BT Callwise for Symbian phones

BT Callwise is a great new way for UK residents to help reduce the cost of calling abroad from your Symbian OS mobile phone up to 96%. You can make significant savings on the cost of calling both fixed and mobile phones abroad. And it doesn't matter which UK mobile service provider you use. BT Callwise lets you benefit from low international call prices from any UK mobile network. See this page for details. Software client for Series 60 and UIQ phones is available for download here.

Wed, 03.11.04

Nokia set to unify smartphone software

Nokia said on Wednesday it will create a single software platform for smart mobile phones that double as TVs, MP3 players, radios and e-mail devices. The company's chief executive, Jorma Ollila, told its annual Mobility conference, which was webcast, that the company's Series 90 software suite will be folded into Series 60.

Series 90 was slated to be the software engine for a range of entertainment and TV phones, while Series 60 is the most popular platform for smartphones used today, which have more limited entertainment functions and feature a smaller vertical display compared with entertainment phones.

"We're merging Series 90 into Series 60 into one robust platform," Ollila said.

Nokia hopes it will reduce fragmentation, and thus encourage more software developers to write programs for these new phones. "(And) it will lead to cost savings for operators and service providers", Ollila said.

Tue, 02.11.04

Nokia officially announces the 7710 widescreen smartphone

At the annual Nokia Mobility Conference in Monaco and the Destination Nokia event held in Bangkok, Thailand, Nokia announced the Nokia 7710 widescreen multimedia smartphone with pen input, replacing the unreleased Nokia 7700. With a wide and high-quality touch screen with 65,536 colours, the Nokia 7710 is a pleasure to use for a variety of tasks. The powerful Nokia 7710 includes a full Internet browser, an integrated music player with stereo audio, an extensive set of video features such as playback, streaming and recording, a megapixel camera with 2-x digital zoom and FM radio with Visual Radio client.

The Nokia 7710 works on GSM/GPRS/EGPRS 900/1800/1900 networks, with shipments in Asia and China planned to begin in the fourth quarter, 2004 and in Europe and Africa in the first quarter, 2005.

The advanced smartphone features of the Nokia 7710 allow users to achieve a balance between personal productivity and entertainment on the go. The Nokia 7710 has support for push email based on Smartner solution, VPN client, free user memory of up to 90 MB plus 128 MB on the included MultiMediaCard (MMC), as well as a full complement of personal information management features, an on-screen keyboard and handwriting recognition. The Nokia 7710 runs on top of Symbian OS. The connectivity options for the Nokia 7710 include a Pop-Port connector with USB and Bluetooth wireless technology for easy data transfer and PC synchronization. Main features:
* Wide 640x320 screen with pen input
* Handwriting recognition
* HTML browser supports Flash 6
* Up to 90 MB internal storage memory, 128 MB MMC card
* Megapixel camera (1152x864 pixels)
* Music player with stereo audio
* Audio and video playback and streaming
* FM/Visual Radio.

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